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Stylus pressure gauges

Hello fellow analog sufferers. If you are looking for a precision electronic stylus pressure gauge, there are very few choices. You can buy a used Technics for a couple of hundred $$, you can buy new Clearaudio for $400, or you can get a 50g jewler's scale on E-bay or elsewhere for a mere $60. It is basically the same scale that Clearaudio sells, including the 50g calibration weight. If anyone has info on other gauges out there, pls reply. I'm Mark, no turntable currently (thanks to a certain L-L), the rest of the system: Denon 103, Koetsu Onyx Sapphire, MFA Luminescence A-1 and B1-C, Sunfire amp, Infinity 4.5 and 2.5 speakers, CAL Tempest CD player, Eumig cass. deck, Eumig tuner.
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mikelavigne
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i'm with Albert. i purchased the ALM-01 Winds guage (the 01 reads in hundreths of a gram) and i can really be confident of a repeatable measurement. this is especially helpful if you own and use multiple cartridges. you are able to go back to your exact previous setup without the sometimes painstaking listening process of finding that sweet spot.

it is quite interesting how your VTA will affect tracking force.....which is easy to see with the ALM-01.

i also own the Shure guage which, for about $25, will get you in the ballpark. then you go from there by ear.
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